edited by Elizabeth Story Donno ; with an introduction by Penny Gay.
Updated ed.
New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
xvi, 170 pages :
illustrations ;
24 cm.
The new Cambridge Shakespeare
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-170).
"For this updated edition of Twelfth Night, Penny Gay has written a wholly new Introduction to this well-loved Shakespearean comedy. She stresses the play's theatricality, its elaborate linguistic games and its complex use of Ovidian myths. She analyses the play's delicate balance between romance and realism and its exploration of gender, sexuality and identity. In examining the stage history, Professor Gay suggests that contemporary critical theory could have much to offer twenty-first-century directors and actors. An updated reading list completes the edition."--Jacket.